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By [[2559#October|October 2559]], the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]] and two other Jiralhanae legions had joined forces with the Banished. On the Ark, Atriox had ''[[Anodyne Spirit]]'' [[Raid on Anodyne Spirit|raided]] for the fragments of [[Menachite Forerunner crystal]] that were once collected by [[Tartarus]] and given to the [[Prophet of Truth]].{{Ref/Reuse|Sacrifice}} A message was sent to [[War Chief]] [[Escharum]] to locate the [[Menachite portal complex|Portal Under the Mountain]] on [[Reach]] in order for Atriox to return to the Milky Way, ostensibly to bring Banished reinforcements back to the Ark. During this time, Blue Team launched [[Operation: WOLFE|an operation]] to recover important objects from the ruins of [[CASTLE Base]] for Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]]. Blue Team inadvertently led the Banished forces to the portal complex where a human acolyte of the Keepers activated a slipspace portal to the Ark. Atriox and some of his forces returned in a [[Banished Lich]], but he departed for a more important mission of some sort, leaving behind thousands of Banished troops to hold the Ark. Determined to begin the Great Journey, the Keepers used the Lich to travel through the portal before it closed. During an encounter with [[Fred-104]] in the tunnels, [[Veta Lopis]] was able to pass him a message warning ONI of the Keepers and Atriox's plans.{{Ref/Novel|Id=SoR|SoR}} | By [[2559#October|October 2559]], the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]] and two other Jiralhanae legions had joined forces with the Banished. On the Ark, Atriox had ''[[Anodyne Spirit]]'' [[Raid on Anodyne Spirit|raided]] for the fragments of [[Menachite Forerunner crystal]] that were once collected by [[Tartarus]] and given to the [[Prophet of Truth]].{{Ref/Reuse|Sacrifice}} A message was sent to [[War Chief]] [[Escharum]] to locate the [[Menachite portal complex|Portal Under the Mountain]] on [[Reach]] in order for Atriox to return to the Milky Way, ostensibly to bring Banished reinforcements back to the Ark. During this time, Blue Team launched [[Operation: WOLFE|an operation]] to recover important objects from the ruins of [[CASTLE Base]] for Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]]. Blue Team inadvertently led the Banished forces to the portal complex where a human acolyte of the Keepers activated a slipspace portal to the Ark. Atriox and some of his forces returned in a [[Banished Lich]], but he departed for a more important mission of some sort, leaving behind thousands of Banished troops to hold the Ark. Determined to begin the Great Journey, the Keepers used the Lich to travel through the portal before it closed. During an encounter with [[Fred-104]] in the tunnels, [[Veta Lopis]] was able to pass him a message warning ONI of the Keepers and Atriox's plans.{{Ref/Novel|Id=SoR|SoR}} | ||
Upon arriving on the Ark, the Keepers allied themselves with [[Prelate]] [[Dhas Bhasvod]]'s faction of surviving [[Covenant loyalists]], opposed by both the Banished and forces from the ''Spirit of Fire'' spearheaded by Veta Lopis and the [[Ferret]]s. Things were complicated by the Forerunner [[archeon-class ancilla]] [[Intrepid Eye]] who was believed to have been destroyed by Blue Team along with ''[[Argent Moon]]''. Intrepid Eye sought to fire the Halo Array in order to destroy the [[Domain]] and make Cortana vulnerable to destruction so that she could continue with her own plans to prepare humanity to accept the [[Mantle of Responsibility]]. The two allied Covenant remnants were able to reach [[Epsilon Clarion]], a facility on the Ark where the Halo Array could be fired, but both suffered heavy casualties as a result of [[Battle of Epsilon Clarion|attacks]] from both the Banished and the UNSC. However, Intrepid Eye's efforts to take control of the facility broke [[Dokab]] [[Castor]]'s faith in the [[Covenant religion]] and he abandoned the ancilla and the mission. Once Intrepid Eye was in Epsilon Clarion's systems, Lopis had the ''Spirit of Fire'' launch an [[orbital bombardment]] of [[EMP]] [[MAC]] rounds on the facility, destroying it, Intrepid Eye and the Ark's ability to fire the Halo Array. The Keepers of the One Freedom, already decimated by [[Keepers Eradication Campaign|a massive eradication campaign]] conducted by ONI, were destroyed, leaving the vengeful Castor and Sangheili [[Blademaster]] [[Inslaan 'Gadogai]] as the only survivors of the faction. The Banished's [[Long Shields | Upon arriving on the Ark, the Keepers allied themselves with [[Prelate]] [[Dhas Bhasvod]]'s faction of surviving [[Covenant loyalists]], opposed by both the Banished and forces from the ''Spirit of Fire'' spearheaded by Veta Lopis and the [[Ferret]]s. Things were complicated by the Forerunner [[archeon-class ancilla]] [[Intrepid Eye]] who was believed to have been destroyed by Blue Team along with ''[[Argent Moon]]''. Intrepid Eye sought to fire the Halo Array in order to destroy the [[Domain]] and make Cortana vulnerable to destruction so that she could continue with her own plans to prepare humanity to accept the [[Mantle of Responsibility]]. The two allied Covenant remnants were able to reach [[Epsilon Clarion]], a facility on the Ark where the Halo Array could be fired, but both suffered heavy casualties as a result of [[Battle of Epsilon Clarion|attacks]] from both the Banished and the UNSC. However, Intrepid Eye's efforts to take control of the facility broke [[Dokab]] [[Castor]]'s faith in the [[Covenant religion]] and he abandoned the ancilla and the mission. Once Intrepid Eye was in Epsilon Clarion's systems, Lopis had the ''Spirit of Fire'' launch an [[orbital bombardment]] of [[EMP]] [[MAC]] rounds on the facility, destroying it, Intrepid Eye and the Ark's ability to fire the Halo Array. The Keepers of the One Freedom, already decimated by [[Keepers Eradication Campaign|a massive eradication campaign]] conducted by ONI, were destroyed, leaving the vengeful Castor and Sangheili [[Blademaster]] [[Inslaan 'Gadogai]] as the only survivors of the faction. The Banished's [[Clan of the Long Shields]] were also decimated by the conflict while the Covenant forces sent to aid in the mission were wiped out aside from Bhasvod himself whose true intention was to set the stage for the [[San'Shyuum]] to return to reclaim the galaxy from their hiding place on the shield world [[Cloister]]. After killing [[Mark-G313]], the undaunted Bhasvod returned to his forces to plan his next move.{{Ref/Reuse|DW}} | ||
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